Geography
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News and Announcements
Faculty of Arts Awards and Celebration of Excellence 2026
Recognizing outstanding research, teaching, and community achievements
Comparing Canadian and Mexican history
Fulbright Scholar brings new perspective on North American nation‑building to UCalgary
Transdisciplinary Connector Grants Awarded
Faculty of Arts plays central leadership and collaboration roles across the UCalgary campus
UCalgary expedition, with NASA, Canadian and European space agencies, sets out to better understand state of Arctic ice
The project will help provide improved methods to measure ice thickness and help out local Northern communities
Dr. Leslie Reid appointed interim dean, Faculty of Arts
A message from Provost and Vice-President (Academic) Sandra Davidson
Introducing new appointments in the Faculty of Arts
The Faculty of Arts welcomes new colleagues and celebrates promotions
In the Media
In the News Shelley Alexander, Geography, in The Narwhal
Take another look: framed as a deadly predator, coyotes are resilient, intelligent and misunderstood
In the News Shelley Alexander, Geography, on CityNews
Spring brings surge in coyote sightings across Calgary
In the News Gwendolyn Blue writing in The Conversation Canada
Gene-edited meat in Canada: To label or not to label?
In the News Gwendolyn Blue, Geography, in CBC News Health
Gene-edited pigs deemed safe to eat by Health Canada
In the News John Yackel, Geography, CBC Calgary Eyeopener (audio)
Snow types
In the News Shelley Alexander, Geography, in Calgary Citizen
Calgary's raccoon population quietly expands into city parks
OUTRO: Celebrating Tracy Dawson
Join the CDWP Writer-in-Residence for an evening of readings and conversation with Alberta authors marking the close of the 2025–26 residency.
May 20, 2026 | 7 – 9 p.m.
Festival Hall, 1215 10th Ave. S.E.
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